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So, Phole, you personally got screwed by a crooked billionaire, i.e., Ebbers....now, you wanna chastise Trump, and toss him into the same Ebbers pile for having money....that's ridiculous and short-sighted, and I'm really surprised that you, of all people, made such a naive comparison....you are smarter than that !!!
For the record, having money is probably the least troublesome of the many things they have in common. I tried to describe them in my post but I guess you ignored them.
Like i said, its my opinion, i'm not trying to change your mind about either of them.
BKB
And, btw, Ebbers is exactly where he should be....in prison for a LONG time....he did the unthinkable, and screwed a lot of my friends and hard-working people out of a lot of money....matter of fact, while he was at the top of his game, my financial planner at that time, advised me to invest heavily in Ebber's companies....my gut instinct told me not to do it, and I didn't....thank you, Lord !!! ;)
He started out as a PE coach and ended up buying a small motel chain in Mississippi. From there he kind of stumbled into the telecom business. I personally know several people that he made millionaires that are still today. And when i say personally, he put them in positions where they literally earned millions. I went on a couple of hunting trips with one little inner circle of those guys and it was pretty sickening. I got invited to a few more hunts but declined. It was hard for me to lay people off during the week and then go to a bird hunting ranch in Kansas with 'clients' for the weekend.
Those were hard times to put your head down and get through. I am no saint, and I wasn't then but
i do know right from wrong when I see it.
This guy is wrong in all those same ways as I've seen before. This time I am speaking out about it.
BKB
You may be right....hope you ain't....I'm willing to take the risk on him because one thing is for sure, the alternative has an already proven track record of dishonesty, cover-ups, lying, hatred, and just plain nasty.
Again, I'm voting for the future of the SCOTUS, and you should, too.
I don't think SCOTUS is in any danger. And I think we should be more worried about the legal philosophies of our justices than their political ones. Neither candidate has shown a proclivity to use that as a large measure of their selections. Instead both have shown they will select activist judges which is bad either way. And yeah, its Bush's fault. If you look at his nominations of Roberts and Alito, that was when the court became activist. Seriously, google this on your own if you want to see the truth, but Prior to those appointments, almost 90% of SCOTUS opinions were unanimous or near unanimous. It was after that the court became split on decisions along ideological lines. Even Scalia, though he wasa stainch conservative, was fair minded about the law.
So if you're worried about the court, you really should worry more about the legal views the candidates might consider in their nominations instead of democrat vs republican.
BKB
Oh, I know all to well about Bush's appointments....he screwed the pooch, and the whole day'um dog pound....and your arguments about the candidates "legal views"....well, one of them doesn't adhere to ANY legalities, and would hardly give a sheeit about the judge's legal views, either. ;)
What we know of Trump and Hillary's choices is that both of them said they'd select judges by how they thought the judge would vote on specific legislation. Which essentially means they would both appoint activist judges. We lose either way.
The court never stays stacked for long. Carter appointed liberal judges, Reagan survived quite well as did the legislature. Reagan didn't exactly thrill conservative people with his nominations, selecting Kennedy.
I've never actually voted for somebody based on who I'd think they'd nominate.
I look at shit like, will they have us in another worthless war?
Is it down to that?
BKB
And, very simply, no more career politicians for me, thank you very much....I'll take Pee Wee Herman, instead. ;)
Pee Wee probably missed his big chance this year! He could be whacking off in the Oval office if he'd have run!
BKB